Syntomodrillia tantula explained

Syntomodrillia tantula is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.^[1]

The secondary junior homonym Syntomodrillia tantula Bartsch, P., 1934 is considered by Fallon a synonym of Syntomodrillia portoricana Fallon, P.J., 2016

Distribution

This extinct species was found in the United States state of Mississippi.

References

• Conrad, Timothy Abbot. Observations on the Eocene Formation, and Descriptions of One Hundred and Five New Fossils of that Period, from the Vicinity of Vicksburg, Mississippi: With an Appendix. 1848.

External links

• Smith . E.A. . Diagnoses of new species of Pleurotomidae in the British Museum . Annals and Magazine of Natural History . 1888 . 6 . 2 . 300-317 . 2024-06-24.
• Fallon . P.J. . Taxonomic review of tropical western Atlantic shallow water Drilliidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Conoidea) including descriptions of 100 new species . Zootaxa . 2016 . 4090 . 1 . 1-363 .

Notes and References

1. Bouchet, P. (2016). Syntomodrillia tantula (Conrad, 1848) †. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=872250 on 2016-12-15